Archive
Everything so far, newest first. Roughly one piece a month, when the reading obliges.
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The Lady and the Unicorn: reading the Cluny tapestries
Six panels, the five senses, and one enigmatic sixth tapestry that no one has fully explained.
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Alicorn: how a narwhal's tooth became a unicorn's horn
The medieval poison-detecting "unicorn horn" and the Arctic whale that quietly supplied it.
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The chained unicorn: a note on heraldry
Scotland's unicorn, and why the heraldic beast is nearly always collared and chained.